Yorkshire day at Castle Howard

Apparently yesterday was Yorkshire day, being from Yorkshire I should of really known this but I didnt. I could lie and say that we went out to Castle Howard to enjoy it for this very reason, seems as though they had yorkshire day food festivities etc on, but we didnt so I wont. We went purely to enjoy the garden in the sunshine.

However we decided aginst paying that bit extra to also go in the house because;

- I couldnt justify paying more money to be inside on a lovely day when we'd just been stuck in  traffic on the way.
- Last time we did at Chatsworth, Rio got bored very quickly and had to be taken outside to play football by Craig..leaving me to be a tourist on my own!

It cost £19 for two adults into the garden only. Rio is under 5 so he went free. If we wanted to go into the house too it would of been £28. Further details can be found here: Castle Howard prices

Rio loved exploring the woods and i noticed some of the older children taking advantage of the hill near the house cafe. Rolling down it looked so much fun, i can imagine Rio doing that when he's older!

Finishing the post with these pictures of Rio. Who knew a 15 month old could be such a poser?

Away with the fairies

Its a rare occasion that I hop out from behind the camera and actually be in the pictures, today is one of those days. My monthly visitor is here. That means we arent pregnant, not that I expected to be,we decided we'd start trying after id ovulated but for some reason I still greeted it with a "damn you!". I was secretly hoping the baby fairy would just plant one in there but its not that simple is it? Long gone are the days when i prayed for my period, who'd of thought it!

We headed out to see if we could find some of those fairies anyway. Sadly all we found was leaves and sticks but it was a lovely family day none the less ;)

 

Rio loves exploring, he found a puddle for the first time yesterday and had a little splash..his mouth making that little O with newfound excitment. I cant wait for autumn to come so i can put on his wellies and go nature walking. I never thought id be looking forward to lifting up rocks to look for bugs! Im more of a crunching through leaves and making pictures with them type of girl. But along with watching football, i guess its all part of being the mummy to a boy!

Kudos for noticing there wasnt a ball in these pictures! ;)

Sundays child..

Today we had our first bbq of the year, and in true English fashion..it rained!

I did however manage to take some pictures before the heavens opened and the thunder started. Craig's peering over my shoulder asking "did you not photograph the barbeque and food?", why would I want to waste camera battery on that when this little beauties running round? Men ;)

 

 

Today was the first day of my week off. Yes i work sundays, it sucks, but not as much as you'd think.

Superman saturday

Every year one of our parks holds a summer fair. Along with the raffles & rides my neice was also dancing so we all walked down for the day and despite the weather forecast for an afternoon rain, the sun stayed out for us all to enjoy!

 

This was her first performance and although she lost concentration at times, she was adorable to watch! Its always a rare and great opportunity for my parents to have all four grandchildren together so we attempted a picture. Rio was not impressed to be kept away from playing football longer than 0.5 seconds..i however think its a quirky cute photo!

Rio finally got to wear the superman top mentioned here
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Thank god its friday

Today was my last day at work for a week. I love booking the same time off as Craig and having a full week of family days out. Rio spent the evening running under the sprinkler & putting Noddy on the back of his tractor trailer before making it set off with him. The days when Noddy loved his little wind up car are long gone apparently ;)

   We had a powercut last night. Rio went into the kitchen and came back with a milkshake, he definatly eats his carrots!

To try or not to try?

Theres no denying that finding out I was pregnant with Rio was a suprise, a nice suprise, but a suprise all the least. I was on the pill and were it not for a sickness bug a baby wouldnt of come into the equation for a long while. Sometimes you dont know what you want until you've already got it.

It was always clear for both of us, as soon as we decided there'd be another, that we wanted a little age gap. For a while we back and forthed about when, id be ready, then Craig would and so on and so forth. Times flown. Suddenly the ideal gap we both wanted is upon us and for the first time, we're both ready.

But this time round its different. What if i dont get caught on straight away like last time. Could i handle the repeated heartache of sitting in excitement and anticipation only to get a negative result? I know whats to come with things like labour. Last time was pretty much a walk in the park as far as labour is concerned. I've created such a high expectation for myself, if i did it once without pain relief i should be able to do it again. Only its not like that is it? Every labour is different. You do what you have to do to have your little one in your arms.

I've already had a three/four month gap from birth control so far, not for this reason but now there really is nothing stopping us.

To try or not to try?

Rio by name, Rio by nature?

If you've ever popped by my blog before you will know that little Rio is ball obsessed. Its what made him take his first steps, say his first words, and what 70% of his day consists of. Therefore you will have noticed we never pass up the opportunity to take a ball out with us for the day & to make the most of the nice weather before the much needed rain and thunderstorms, we packed it under the pushchair and headed for the park.

The picture above is what we were greeted with. Everytime i tried to slide it out of his hands he woke up, grabbed it tighter to his chest and nodded back off again in contented sleep. Me & Craig took this as an opportunity to chat and relax on a bench infront of the pond watching the little ducklings..before it was time to jump in the car and go do the dreaded Asda shop that is!!

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